The Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill will be holding an evidence session on 14 May at 4.15pm. They will be interviewing former Chiefs of the Defence Staff including Admiral the Lord Boyce, GCB, OBE, DL, Field Marshal the Lord Bramall, KG, CGB, OBE, MC, and Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord Craig of Radley, GCB [...]
The Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill holds its first evidence session today at 1.45pm in Committee Room 2A/3A at the Palace of Westminster. Witnesses include Professor Vernon Bogdanor, University of Oxford and Peter Riddell, Chief Political Commentator at The Times and Chairman of the Hansard Society. A full list of witnesses can [...]
The Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill has released its call for evidence, inviting interested organisations and individuals to submit written evidence. The deadline for submissions is 12 June 2008.More information and details of the scope of the inquiry can be found here.
The two Houses of Parliament have established a Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, published by the Ministry of Justice on 25 March 2008. The remit of the Committee is to consider the draft Bill, and report on it to both Houses by 18 July. At the Committee’s first meeting on Tuesday 6 May, [...]
The Hansard Society are holding an event to debate the implications of the Procedure Committee’s recent report on e-Petitions, discuss what the next steps might be, how the process might work to ensure that the public are engaged and limit disillusionment with Parliament. The debate will take place on Tuesday 20 May, 6 - 7.15pm at the House [...]
The House of Commons Procedure Committee has published a report recommending the introduction of an e-petition system. ”Experience elsewhere, notably on the No 10 Downing St website, has demonstrated high levels of public interest and engagement. Historically and constitutionally the House of Commons is the place to which petitions should properly be presented. It is time [...]
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced new proposals to give Parliament more power to hold the government to account and strengthen its relationship with the people. A White Paper, draft Constitutional Renewal Bill and analysis of consultation responses were published today following a statement in the House of Commons. The documents can be found here. Any [...]
Ian Lucas MP (Labour member for Wrexham), secures House of Commons debate on flying the Union Flag
Jack Straw attended a debate on Constitutional Reform following proposals outlined in the Queen’s Speech of 6 November 2007.
Harriet Harman, leader of the House of Commons, releases a written ministerial statement on The Governance of Britain - Petitions. The Government’s response to the procedure committee’s first report, session 2006-7, on Public Petitions and Early Day Motions
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